Big Oil -> Big Solar And Storage?
A new report is urging major oil companies to start splashing cash on acquiring companies focused on energy storage, solar power and distributed generation. A few years back, it became trendy for oil companies to get into renewable energy. For a while, it looked like the trend would reverse; but it may return with a […]
Renewable Energy Presents Opportunities For Battlers In The Bush
A new report has found the worsening impacts of climate change will increase droughts, flooding and bushfires in Australia’s rural and regional communities; but by harnessing investment in renewable energy, opportunities for growth and even prosperity can be achieved. The Climate Council’s ‘On the Frontline: Climate Change & Rural Communities’ report says people living and […]
University Of Michigan Wins 2016 American Solar Challenge
The University of Michigan Solar Car team is celebrating after having won the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time. It was also the ninth time they had won the event during the team’s 26-year history. The car used for the race, Aurum, was actually developed for the World Solar Challenge in Australia […]
Installing Solar Panels A Religious Right?
Some take the issue of being able to install solar very seriously. Incredibly seriously. A Unitarian Universalist parish has taken legal action against the town of Bedford, Massachusetts for its Historic District Commission’s denial of their application to install solar panels on its Meetinghouse. The Church claims the decision “exceeds the authority of the HDC, […]
Smart Energy Education House At Queensland’s Ekka
Visitors to the Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) will be able inspect a house decked out with the latest in energy technology, including solar panels and battery storage. The Smart Energy Education House incorporates a solar power system, several energy storage solutions including Tesla Powerwall and an interactive Home Energy Management System. There’s even a Tesla […]
Green Light For Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park
Development approval has been granted for a huge wind and solar farm to be constructed in the Port Augusta region of South Australia. Publicly announced in 2015, Ireland’s DP Energy began working on the project in 2010. The project entered consultation phase in February this year; before getting the nod from the South Australia’s State […]
The World’s Weirdest (But Very Impressive) Electric Bus
Straight from the “heck, they actually built it?” category is this futuristic electric bus, which may be solar powered in the future. A few months back, we came across a news item about a high-tech bus that would be able to carry over a thousand people and tower above traffic while that traffic passed underneath. […]
Tasmanian Energy Security Taskforce Consultation Paper
Interested parties have been invited to provide feedback on a Consultation Paper released yesterday by Tasmania’s Energy Security Taskforce. “The Taskforce is aware of the broad community concerns that arose earlier this year as dam storages fell to historically low levels and energy security became a ‘front and centre’ issue for all Tasmanians,” said Mr […]
Victorian Government Fighting To Lower Electricity Prices
The Victorian Government announced yesterday it had made a submission to the Australian Competition Tribunal to plead the case against the loss of electricity bill cost reductions. It seems power companies in Victoria are appealing a previous decision made by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) that would have seen a lowering of average household electricity […]
Will This Invention Be A Battery-Killer?
Could a football-sized energy storage solution designed by a 21 year-old student from Lancaster University in the UK replace lithium-ion based home battery systems? Third year Mechanical Engineering student Abigail Carson has apparently developed a super-fast Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) design that could be used with solar power systems and for a wide range of […]
